Bottle-labeling machine.



A. L. FLOWER.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. I. |913.

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Patented May 25, 1915.

A. L. FLOWER.

BOTTLE LABELING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEc.,I. 1913.

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.ARTHUR LESLIE FLOWER', QF GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

BOTTLELABELING MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Application filed December l, 1913. Serial No. 804,008.

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Be it known that I, ARTHUR LnsLIE FLOWER, 'a' citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of 37 Bishop street, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Labeling Machines, of which the following is a speciication, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for applying labels to bottles and refers to that class of machines in which a frame or holder is adapted to receive a supply of labels which by the contact of a pair of gumming pads are removed one at a time and placed upon the bottle.

The present invention concerns particularly improvements in or relating to the gumming pads and will be best explained by reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the main frame work of the machine and a form of my invention as applied thereto.

Figure 1 illustrates the gumming pads and the mechanism for operating the pads, and Fig. 2 illustrates a complete machine.

The frame 1 of the machine has extending from it two vertical guides 2, 2, on each of which is mounted a sliding bracket 3, connected by links 4 to the wheels 5 which are driven by any suitable power asl from a motor 21 through gearing 22. The rotation of the wheels causes the brackets to travel up and down the guides.

The labels are supplied from a holder 23 centrally placed, as usual, toward the top of the machine, the bottle rest or carrier 24 being located at a lower position.

Each of the slidingV brackets is adapted to receive a gum pot 6. Immediately above each gum pot is a dipper of what I may describe as banner form, that is to say it consists of a central plate 7 mounted between two vertical bars 8 a space being left between the vertical edges of plate-7 and the said bars 8 to permit the plate dipping into the gum pot which is supported in place by screw 9. To remove the pots the screws are taken out and the pots will fall through the brackets. A standard 10 is fixed to frame 1 and has two shoulders or slopes 11 which assist in controlling the gumming pads 12. Thesaid gumming pads are on short arms 14 pivotally mounted at 13 on the brackets 3. Each of said arms is rigid with another arm 15 furnished with a roller 16 adapted to travel on the shoulders 11 and to both of these arms is connected a spring 20, the tendency of which is to pull the arms 15 to a horizontal position, the said springs being overcome by rollers 16 which contact with the shoulders 11 which are shaped to push the gumming pads against the plates 7 as shown in the drawing. The gumming pads shown are held to their arms 14 by a screw 17 and may be adjusted or exchanged so that any desired size or shape of pad may be easily fitted to the machine.

It will be apparent from the length of the stroke of the links 4 that on each upward stroke lthe brackets will lift the plate 7 and rods 8 but upon the downward stroke the plates are lifted out of the gumming pots without much concussion, because of springs 18 and when arrested by the spring the gumming pads contact with the plates with preferably a simple pressing or tapping movement as differentiating from a scraping movement.

When the label is placed upon the bottle 26 it is pressed by any suitable form of wipers 25 mounted on the arms 19 pivoted coaxially with but independent of the arms of the gumming pads.

The operation of the machine is substantially as follows: The brackets 3 rise permitting the springs 20 to turn the pads 12 away from the plates 7 and to assume a horizontal position in which they Contact with and remove the lowermost label from the supply holder 23 and upon the downward movement of the brackets bring the label to the bottle 26 which has been placed on its cradle 24, the arms 14-15 being then turned by the rollers contacting with the shoulders while the wipers 25 following in the descent under action of their springs, not shown, press the labels on the bottles. Before the brackets reach their lowest position, that shown in the drawing, the plates 7 rise out of the pots and are stationary to receive the gumming pads which touch them at about their lowest point of travel.

It would be possible to make the plates 7 of many shapes and to mount each on a single rod and to otherwise modify the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim and'desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. In a bottle labeling machine, theconi'- bination of a plate; a pot adapted to be moved vertically to cause the plate to be dipped thereinto; a gumming pad adapted to be moved into contact with the plate and" to be turned away again; means for moving' the gumming pad into contact with a label supply and for moving the pad away from the label supply, the pad being adapted on its movement away from thelabel supply to carry away a label therefrom and to place the label on a bottle; and means for applying the label tothe bottle.

2; In a bottle labeling machine, the combination of a plate mounted between two supports; a bracket adapted to be moved upward and downward; a pot arranged on said bracket; a pivotally mounted arm on said bracket; a gumming pad on said arm; means for moving saidV gumming pad intov contact with the plate; means for moving the gumming pad awayV from said plate; means for moving the gumming pad into contact with a label supply and for moving the pad away from the labelsupply, the pad being adaptedon its movement away from the label supplyto carry away a label therefrom and to place the label on a bottle'gand means for applyingv thelabel to the bottle.

3. In' a bottle labeling machine, the combination of a plate mounted between two sup'port`s;.a bracket adapted to be moved upward and downward; a pot arranged on said bracket; a pivotally mounted arm on said bracket; ai gumming pad on said arm; an arm rigidwith said first-mentioned arm andhaving a roller thereon adapted to contact with a shoulder whereby the gumming pad is moved into contact with the plate; a spring for moving said pad away from the plate;vmeans for moving the gumming pad into contact with a label supply and for moving the pad away from the label supply, the pad being adaptedv on its movement away from the label supply to carry away a label therefrom and to-place the label on a bottle; and wipers for applying theilabel to the, bottle.`

a. In a bottlevlabeling machine, the com-` bination of a pair of' plates; a' pair of vertically reciprocating brackets; adhesive receptacles" on said brackets adapted to be moved into contact with the plates; spring controlled gumming pads on said brackets;

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pad being adapted on its movement away from the label supply to carry away a label therefrom and to place the label on a bottle;

and meansy for applying the label to the ottle.

5. A bottlelabeling machine comprising l a main frame; vertical guides upon same; brackets on the guides; gum pots supported by the brackets, wheels adapted to move the brackets up and down the guides; vertically plates; a pair of vertically reciprocating Y brackets carrying adhesive receptacles andV adapted to move the adhesive receptacles' into contact with the plates; springv controlled gumming pads carried on said brackets; a part having sloping surfaces; and means connected with the gumming pads and adapted to engage the sloping surface to push thepads into contact with the plates.

7 A bottle labeling machine comprising a main frame; brackets on said frame; pivoted arms thereon carrying Vgumming pads; guides on said frame; gumming pots adapted to slide vertically to and fro on said guides; plate like dippers mounted onthe frame and adapted to enter the gum pots when the latter rise; meansl forl bringing the gumming pads into contact with the' plates and turningthem away; and springs for cushioning theA plates;

8. In a bottle labeling-machine, thev combination of a plate; a bracket adapted to be reciprocated upward and downward; a gumming poton said bracket; an arm pivotedu to said bracket; a padt on rsaid arm; means for moving said pad intocontact withthe plate, and means for moving" said pad away from'said plate. y

9. In a bottlev labeling machine; the combination of a` plate, al bracketz adapted to be reciprocated upward and downward; a gumming pot on said bracket; an arm pivoted to said bracket; a pad on said4 arm; an arm rigid with said first-mentioned arm; means for moving said secondlmentioned arm so as to'bring'the pad on the first-mentioned arm intocontact withthe plate; and a spring for moving the pad away from the said plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my'hand in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR LESLIE FLowERi Witnesses:

PLD. JAMESON, OLYJ'. WORTH,

Washington, D. C. 

